Articulated doll.



E. P. NlCHOLSON.

ARTICULATED DOLL.

APPLICATION man Aue.23. 191e.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

W/T/VESSES EBERHARDT P. NICHOLSON, OF `NlljlW' YORK, N. Y.

ARTICULATED DOLL.

Application led August 23, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBERHARDT l). NICHOL- soN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Richmond Hill, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Articulated Doll, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to dolls of the articulated type and has reference more particularly to the means for controlling the articulation of the doll.

An object of the invention is to provide a simpler and less expensive arrangement whereby the articulation of dolls may be controlled.

A further object of the invention is to provide metallic means which control the articulation of the doll and thereby render the doll more serviceable, which cannot be deteriorated as easily by a lsudden pull or by the ateA mosphere. c

A still further object of the invention is to provide an articulated doll which can be easily andquiekly assembled.

With the above and rother objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combina-` tion and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, formingV part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views. Y f Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of av doll embodying my invention;v and Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the yielding mechanism by means of which the parts of the doll are articulated. l f

Referring to the drawings, 3 is a steel blade shaped into a U the sides of which are very long as compared to the base thereof. The extremities of the sides of the U are provided with end slots 4. The. base of the U has a central aperture which lregisters with the central aperture of a leaf spring 5, the

.ends of which leaf spring are provided with end slots 6. A bolt 7 passes through the registering apertures of the U member and the leaf spring. It also passes through a base block 8 provided at the leaf spring. The torso 9 of the doll has a seat near the bottom of the torso for the basey block 8. I

Molded within the torso at the seat is a Specification of Letters Patent.V

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

serial No. 116,421.

washer 10 through which the threaded part of the bolt 7 projects and to which the block, leaf spring and U member may be bolted by a nut-llitted on to the threads of the bolt 7. The head 12 of the holt 7 has an eye for engaging the eye of a rod 13. The bolt 7, therefore, firmly locks the U-shaped member and the leaf spring on to the block and the block to the torso 9 of the doll.- The torso 9 is recessed so that the nut 11k 'is located slightly below the surfacethereof, and also to permit the sealing of the nut after the above-mentioned members have been locked in position.

Each slot 6 of the leaf spring faces a bearing for a leg 14 in the torso. The leaf spring is connected to the legs 14 by links 15. The links at the leaf spring are headed to'maintain them in engagement with the slots of the spring. The leaf springis headed at the ends near the slots to prevent the linksfrom slipping out. vThe links are connected to the legs below the knee' by lpins 16 passing The arms 17 are connected to the U-shaped" member by links 18, which links are anchoredV in the wrist by a pin 19 and connected `to the slots 4 by a flexible member ofy chain 20. The heads 21 of the chains which engage the sides of the IU-shaped member are prevented from slipping 0H by the heading provided at the ends of the sides. The

engagement of the chains with the slots 4 of the sides of the U is obtained by stressing the sides through the top opening of the torso 9 and bringing the chains into the slots.

The rod 13 has between the ends thereof a spring 22 the normal tendency of which spring is to shorten the length of the rod 13. The rod 13 carries a link 23 on which a yielding ball 24 is provided. The ball 24 serves as a lock for the head 25 of the doll. To force the head over the ball 24 the spring 22 is stressed by pulling the upper eyev of the rod 13 out ofthe torso through the upper opening thereof and passing a Wire across the eye to prevent the spring 22` from pulling the rod 13 into the torso. The head 25 of the doll is then forced on to the ball 24.

'i The ball being of yieldingmaterial, the head iof will pass thereover and theballwill expand, therpressure required forpassing the ball into the vheadbeing considerable as ycompared to what thepressure may VAbe for articulating the head or when pulled by a child.` Byrwithdrawin'g the wire which pres vents the spring 22 from drawing the rod 13 into the torso, the spring is Vallowed. to

dra-w ythe head against its seat, Vvas'clearly shown Vinthe drawing. y

From the above description `it willbe seen that in the disclosed doll the articulated which can be manufactured i. 1. AdollV having an articulated body, a

1 Vleaf .spring withinY the torso of the doll,

25' i curing the U-shaped bladeto the leaf spring and the torso, and links connecting the exlinks connecting the leaf spring to the legs at the knees, a blade havingthe shape of a U the sidesofwhich are elongated resting with its base on the leaf spring, means setremities ofthe U-shaped blade to the wrists.

c 2.1A' doll having an articulated body, a leaf 'spring within the torso of Athe doll, means anchoring the leafV spring to thetorso, links connecting the leaf spring tothe legs i `at the "knees, said means adapted to maintainjl saidleaffspringi stressed, a U-shaped Vspring rising from the leaf spring and anchoring therewith,- a-ndmeans connecting the ends of the YU-shaped spring to the re-` mote members ofthe varms, said means adapted to maintain said *UV-shaped spring stressed Y f 3. A doll, comprising atorso, articulated arms associated with the torso, articulated legs also'associated with theV torso, a leaf spring, means anchoringY the leaf spring within the torso in proximity ofthe Vjuncture of the torsowith the legs, a U-shaped spring rising from the lea'fspring toward thetop of the torso, thei'Ulshaped. spring being anchored 'to said leafspring with the Y base thereof, links connecting the leaf spring to the legs at the knees, said connection maintaining the leaf spring stressed, links connecting the wrists of the sectional arms to the ends of the U spring, said connection stressing the U-shaped spring, an expansible rod anchored with one end thereof to the torso, a ball associated with the y in proximity of Vthe juncture thereof withY the legs, a U-shaped spring resting with its n base on the leaf spring and having the ends thereof directed toward the top of the torso, means anchoring the U-shaped spring and the leaf spring to the torso, a rod having one end thereof anchored to the means anchoring the leaf to the U-shaped spring, a spring associated with said rod and normally tending to resist the lengthening thereof, aball associated with said rod, a head carrying said ball whereby said head is drawn against thevtorso by said spring which resists the lengthening of the rod,

flexible members connectingk the wrists of the articulated arms with thelends of the U-shaped springs and whereby the joints of said articulated arms are maintained in en-V gagement, and iiexible means connecting the ends of the leaf spring to the articulated legs in proximity of the lmees.

5. Adoll having an articulated body, a Hat metallic spring within the torso yof the` doll, flexible members connecting the spring tothe legs, a second flat spring, flexible means connecting the second fiat spring to the arms, means anchoring-the two springsto the torso, a yielding member in the headA of the doll, and a yielding rod connecting the yielding'member to the torso. n v

' EBERHARDTl P. NICHOLSON.

Copies ofthis patenttniay'cbei obtained for .vecents each, by addressing the Commissioner Yo1'. alsentl` f Y Y Y Washington, D. C.V Y 

